Android P test build for Huawei Mate 10 Pro leaks

Our Friends over at XDA-Developers have been able to install an early build of Android P on the Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Currently, the Android P developer preview is only available for the Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, and technically the Huawei Watch 2 for Wear OS based on Android P.

We initially assumed that a ROM developer was able to port Android P over via Project Treble, which has made it easier to port a vanilla Android ROM to smartphones that come with heavily modified OEM skins – like the Galaxy S9. However, it turns out that this is an Android P build with EMUI for the Chinese version of the Mate 10.

First, a Huawei device ROM service called Funky Huawei is needed to rebrand the Mate 10 Pro to a Chinese Mate 10. Then, the built was able to be installed to the Mate 10 Pro, also using the Funky Huawei service.

The build is far from final and doesn’t offer things like Material Design 2 or new iPhone X-style gesture navigation. Although the EMUI version is listed as 8.2, the build is indeed Android P since the build number is listed at 9.0 and the Android Easter Egg is for Android P. Otherwise, apps that are in the build were built with the Android P SDK.

Check out the source link to see a more detailed explanation about the Android P build for the Mate 10 Pro.